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Risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents

Invest. educ. enferm; 34 (2), 2016
Objective.To evaluate the risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional study, conducted in 2011, at the Childhood Obesity Center, in Campina Grande, Brazil, with the records of 208 children and adolescents, between three an...

Prevalence of malnutrition in children with chronic hepatitis b infection

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Background - There have been limited studies investigating the impact of chronic hepatitis B virus infection on the growth of children. Objective - Our objective was to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition in children with chronic hepatitis B infection. Methods - The nutritional st...

Frequency of periodontal pathogens and Helicobacter pylori in the mouths and stomachs of obese individuals submitted to bariatric surgery: a cross-sectional study

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objectives This cross-sectional study compared the frequency of oral periodontopathogens and H. pylori in the mouths and stomachs of obese individuals with or without periodontitis submitted to bariatric surgery. Material and Methods One hundred and fifty-four men and women aged 18-65 were c...

Associação entre privação do sono e obesidade em trabalhadores

OBJETIVOS: estudar a associação entre privação de sono e obesidade em trabalhadores. MÉTODOS: Foi conduzido um estudo transversal com trabalhadores de uma manufatura de cadernos no sul do Brasil, que possui três setores de trabalho (linha de produção, setor administrativo e logística), sendo que...

Prevalencia de comorbilidades metabólicas en pacientes con obesidad en la edad escolar y la adolescencia

Introduction: Although the International Diabetes Federation refers to the impossibility of establishing a diagnosis for metabolic syndrome in school-age patients, epidemiological data seem to suggest that such metabolic syndrome and/or its components are already present at early ages. Objective: To dete...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in different populations: A clinical and epidemiological study - sample of São José do Rio Preto

SUMMARY Introduction: NAFLD is an heterogeneous condition that includes steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), in the absence of significant alcohol consumption, reaching 30% of the population. The most common risk factors are: age, gender, ethnicity, diabetes mellitus (DM), obesity, predis...

Análisis de algunas barreras del ambiente construido para la actividad física en la Ciudad de Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Introducción: La actividad física (AF) es un factor de protección ante múltiples enfermedades. Las recomendaciones mundiales para la AF están bien establecidas y son difundidas en todos los escenarios posibles, pero el ambiente construido podría presentar múltiples barreras para seguir dichas reco...

Barriers for physical activity in overweight adults

The aim of this study was to identify the barriers to physical activity in overweight adults. We used the technique of focus groups in adults between 20 and 55 years old (n=36; 52.7% women) in four homogeneous groups according to gender and stage of change behavior for physical activity. The most common ...

Uma interpretação dos cuidados corporais a partir dos usuários de um programa da rede pública de saúde na cidade de Vitória/ES

Este artigo trata de temáticas relacionadas com a Educação em Saúde e o comportamento de risco. Teve como objetivo investigar como os usuários lidam com as informações que recebem de um programa de Educação em Saúde, oferecido nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde da cidade de Vitória no Estado do E...

Consumo de Vitaminas Antioxidantes em Dislipidêmicos com Excesso de Peso

Fundamentos: Dislipidemia e obesidade estão associadas com insuficiente consumo de frutas, verduras e legumes, e com desequilíbrio do estado antioxidante. Objetivos: Avaliar o consumo dietético das vitaminas A, E e C e dos macronutrientes, correlacionando-os com biomarcadores em dislipidêmicos com e...